“Because it’s physical work, you’re immune system gets lower,” he says.
Lachette’s days are spent shoveling snow, feeding the penguins, cleaning their enclosure, all in about 4C. When the glass walls of the penguin tank need cleaning, he dons a dry suit to swim in the water, where the temperature is slightly warmer at 9C. Without a dry suit, hypothermia would set in and he would be unconscious in less than an hour – and it take him an hour and a half to clean up the tank.
Julia Kilpatrick, July 12, 2008, Page A3
